How Many People Are Named Chantal?
people named Chantal are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 41,772 people in the US has this name
Based on 8,476 babies named Chantal in Social Security records from 1947 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
428 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a French surname which was derived from a place name meaning "stony". It was originally given in honour of Saint Jeanne-Françoise de Chantal, the founder of the Visitation Order in the 17th century. It has become associated with French chant "song".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Chantal (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Chantal alive today is about 35 years old, and 63% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 27 and 42 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Chantal first appears in the records in 1947 and was given most often in 1990, to 428 babies. In 2025, 19 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1947 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Chantal has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #552, in 1990. In 2025 it ranked #6,166.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,166 |
| Best rank | #552 (1990) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #775 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Chantal alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Chantal were born in California than in any other state: about 1,587 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Chantal was given 2.2 times as often in New York, 2 times in California and 2 times in Massachusetts.
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